occupant propelled vehicle



March 29, 1938. w. UTZ Re. 20,682

OCCUPANT PROPELLED VEHICLE Original Filed Nov. 6, 1934 4 SheetsSheet l V Inventor 12122220122 5 72 4/ March 29, 1938. w. [1+2 Re. 20,682

OCCUPANT PROPELLED VEH I CLE Original Filed Nov. 6, 1934 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor JfZZZzznz 72 2 Attomey March 29, 1938. I w UTZ OCCUPANT PROP'ELLED VEHICLE 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Original Filed Nov. 6, 1954 Inventor ZZZZzIazrz 772M Attorney March 29, 1938. \v Z *Qjirfiii OCCUPANT PROPELLED VEHI OLE Original Filed Yov. 6, 1934 4 Sl1eets-$hst 4 I nvntor Reissued Mar. 29, 1938 Re. 20,682

OCCU'BANT PROPELLED VEHICLE William Utz, Detroit, Mich.

Original No. 2,019,833, dated November 5, 1935, Serial No. 751,772, November 6, 1934. Application for reissue September 4, 1936, Serial No. 99,386 Y 9 Claims. (Cl. 280210) The present invention relates to an occupant held in place by ofiset bracket arms 8 and 9, the propelled vehicle and has for its prime object to former projecting forwardly and the latter rearprovide a vehicle of this type having two sections Wardly. Letters K denote a pair of steering reciprocably and slidably connected together in knuckles swingable on the ends of the cross such a manner that they may be moved with member 1 as at H3. Each steering knuckle comrespect to each other and set up motive power prises a pair of arms II and I2 angularly disfor the vehicle. posed. The arms I2 extend inwardly toward A further important object of the invention each other while the arms II extend forwardly. resides in the provision of a vehicle of this nature A flange I4 depends from the arm I I. Wheels 10 which is provided with a novel steering mecha- I5 are rotatably mounted on these flanges by nism. 7 means of axles crspindles I5 which are fixed in A still further important object of the invenopenings I6 provided in the flanges I4. Rods I'I tion resides in the provision of a vehicle of this rise from the ends of the arms I2. A tie rod I8 nature which is simple in its construction, strong connects the ends of the arms II to cause the and durable, easy to manipulate, thoroughly efiiwheels I5 to steer in unison. On the front end cient and reliable in use and operation, and of the stringers 5 there is mounted an upwardly otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which extending bracket having at its upper end a it is designed, rearwardly disposed extension 2| under which With the above and numerous other objects in i kabl a gment 22 havin f t en View as will appear as the description-proceeds, elements 23 rising therefrom. A cable 24 has 20 the invention consists in certain novel features of s intermediate P n trained about the construction, and in the combination and arment d t ends thereof Secured t0 the upper rangement of parts as will hereinafter be more ds of the d F the dfiscription as it fully de ibed nd hi d, I has thus far progressed it will be readily seen 25 I th drawings; that by properly manipulating the segment 22 25 Fig 1 is a to plan i of a hi l embgdywith the feet engaging the elements 23 the rear ing the features of my invention. Wheels y be steered.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof The carriage C includes a bottom 25 having Fig, 3 is a, vertical longitudinal section taken sides 23 rising therefrom and it will be noted that substantially on the line 3 3 of Figure 1. I these sides are provided w pp edges 27 30 Fig, 4 is a to plan i of th carriage which incline downwardly and rearwardly from Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken subforward Points Of the Sides a d a their bottom stantiall on th li 5 5 of Figure 3, ends merge into relatively short upwardly and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken subrearwardly inclined eXtenSiOnS Wheels 01 stantially on th li 5 5 of Figure 3, rollers 29 are mountedon the bottom interme- 5 Fig. '7 is a vertical transverse section taken on (hate portions of the Sides t0 ride on the p t the lin 1 of Figure 3, E. An inverted yoke bracket 30 is mounted on Fig. 8 is a detail vertical transverse section the forward end of t t m 5 and has it t k substantially on the line 8' .8 of'Fig-ureg shaft 3| extending between the ends thereof. looking forwardly Rollers 32 are rotatable with the shaft and the Fig. 9 is a perspective view ofone of the steerstringers 5 Tide therBOn as Shown to advantage ing kn kl nd in Figure 6. A wheel 33 is freely rotatable on Fig 10 is an emarged detail Sectional' View the shaft 3| at the center thereof and has a t ken ubstantially on t l mm of free running clutch operatively associated therere 6, I with. The structure of the clutch may best be 45 Referring t th drawings in detail it W111 be seen in Figure 10 and includes the disk 35 fixed seen that the letter F denotes generally a frame as at 35 t0 the hub of the Wheel 33 and being having a reciprocable slidable connection with a rotatable about the Shaft A d m is fi ed carriage C, to the shaft 3| by a set screw 38 or the like and The frame F includes a pair of spaced parallel encompasses the disk- The disk 5 is v d d 50 co-extensive stringers 5 connected by an inter- With a plurality of p p a o c es 39 in which mediately disposed transverse platform 6 which are located balls 40 sp D se s at M toward extends out beyond the sides of the stringers. the interior of the rim of the drum 31. It will The numeral 1 denotes a cross member disposed readily be seen that the wheel may rotate freely under the rear portions of the stringers 5 and forwardly but .is prevented from rotating rear- 5 wardly because of the wedging action of the balls 40.

Numeral 43 denotes a seat and at the forward portion thereof there extends laterally therefrom a pair of fixed axles 44 on which are journalled rollers 45 to ride on the edges 21. A bracket 45 depends from the seat and is fixed to a rod 41 the lower end of which is rockable as at 48 on a cross rod 49 fixed across the rear portions of the stringers forwardly of the steering mechanism as indicated at 50.

When a person occupies the seat 43 with his feet resting on the elements 23 and his hand on the bar 5| which extends between the forward and upper end portions of the sides 26 it will be seen that he may reciprocate the carriage with respect to the frame and in so doing will impart forward movement to the vehicle because of the free running clutch A and at the same time may readily steer the vehicle.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

More specifically the operation is as follows: When the occupant of the vehicle pulls on the handle 5| and simultaneously pushes with his feet on the elements 23, the carriage C will be moved back on the frame F and the seat 43 will ride up on the incline of the carriage. During this movement the stringers 5 will rotate the rollers 32 and the shaft 3| by reason of the frictional engagement between the stringers and the rollers. The wheel 33, and consequently the vehicle, will be rotated ahead by this movement because of the clutching of the free wheeling connection between it and the shaft. At the end of the above stroke, the occupant pushes on the handle 5| and exerts pressure against the seat 43 so that the stringers 5 of the frame move back with respect to the rollers 32 of the carriage. During this movement the free wheeling clutch is not engaged so that the wheel 33 may continue its forward movement. The inertia of the vehicle will keep it rolling during this latter move ment.

What I claim is:

l. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted on the frame, wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, means on the carriage and means on the frame whereby an operator positioned on the frame means and manipulating the carriage means causes the reciprocation of the frame and carriage with respect to each other, and means operatively conmeeting the wheel means of said carriage to said frame so that said reciprocation will directly rotate the last named wheel means thereby imparting movement to the vehicle.

2. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted on the frame, wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, said carriage having inclined portions, a seat having rollers bearing on the inclined portions, a rod fixed to the seat and swingably connected with the frame, and means operatively connecting the wheel means, of said carriage to said frame.

3. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted on the frame, wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, said carriage having inclined portions, a seat having rollers bearing on the inclined portions, a rod fixed to the seat and swingably connected with the frame, said second mentioned wheel means comprising an inverted yoke fixed to the forward portion of the carriage and having its sides straddling the forward portion of the frame, a fixed axle across the ends of the yoke, a wheel on said axle to rotate thereon, and means operatively connecting said wheel with said frame.

4. In a vehicle, a main section, a second section slidably mounted relative to said main-section, wheel means supporting the main section at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the second section at the other end of the vehicle, one of said sections extending substantially the distance between said wheel means, seat means on one of said sections and handle means rigidly attached to the other of said sections whereby an operator positioned on the seat means by exerting force on said handle means causes reciprocation of said sections with respect to each other, and means operatively connecting the wheel means of one of said sections to the other of said sections whereby said reciprocation will directly rotate said wheel means thereby im" parting movement to the vehicle.

5. In a vehicle, a main section, a second section slidably mounted relative to said main section, wheel means located at each end of the vehicle for supporting said sections, one of said sections extending substantially the distance between said wheel means at all times, seat means on one of said sections for carrying an operator, handle means rigidly attached to the other of said sections whereby an operator positioned on the seat means, by exerting force on said handle means,- causes reciprocation of said sections, and means operatively connecting the wheel means of one of said sections to the other of said sections so that said reciprocation of said sections will directly rotate the wheel means thereby imparting movement to the vehicle.

6. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted with respect to said frame, wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, a seat means on said frame, and a handle means rigidly fastened to said carriage whereby an operator positioned on said seat means and exerting force on said handle means causes reciprocation of said frame and carriage with respect to each other, and means operatively connecting the wheel means of said carriage to said, frame so that said reciprocation will directly rotate the last named wheel means there-by imparting movement to the vehicle.

'7. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted with respect to said frame and adapted to remain in substantially parallel relationship with said frame at all times,

wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, a seat means on said frame, and a handle means on said carriage whereby an operator positioned on said. seat means and exerting force on said handle means causes reciprocation of said frame and carriage with respect to each other, and means operatively connecting the wheel means of said carriage to said frame so that said reciprocation will directly rotate the last named wheel means thereby imparting movement to the vehicle.

8. A vehicle including, in combination, a frame, a carriage slidably mounted with respect to said frame and adapted to remain in substantially parallel relationship with said frame at all times, Wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, a seat means on said frame, and a handle means rigidly fastened to said carriage whereby an operator positioned on said seat means and exerting force on said handle means causes reciprocation of said frame and carriage with respect to each other, and

means operatively connecting the wheel means of said carriage to said frame so that said reciprocation will directly rotate the last named wheel means thereby imparting movement to the vehicle.

9. A vehicle including, in combination, a one piece frame, a one piece carriage slidably mounted with respect to said frame and adapted toremain in substantially parallel relationship with said frame at all times, wheel means supporting the frame at one end of the vehicle, wheel means supporting the carriage at the other end of the vehicle, a-seat means on said frame, and a handle means rigidly fastened to said carriage whereby an. operator positioned on said seat means and exerting force on said handle means causes reciprocation of said frame and carriage with respect to each other, and means operatively connecting the wheel means of said carriage to said frame so that said reciprocation will directly rotate the last named wheel means thereby imparting movement to the vehicle.

WILLIAM UTZ. 

